Dissociative Disorder

Clinical Definition & Manifestations

Dissociation is feeling disconnected from the present. It includes spacing out, day dreaming, mind wandering, mind going blank, sense of unrealness towards the world and surrounding, feeling that you are watching yourself from outside, detachment from self, and disconnected from the surrounding.

Etiology and Coping Mechanisms

In most of the cases, dissociation is elicited due to trauma or stressful experience in life as a coping mechanism to stop the memories and lower the related fear.

Systemic Disruptions

Dissociation can lead to confusion about one’s identity, societal spaces, body and present.

Therapeutic Intervention

A therapeutic intervention helps a person experiencing such symptoms get grounded back to present and facilitate various techniques to reduce dissociation.